Independent mental health advocacy : the right to be heard : context, values and good practice

Publication Data

• Title Independent mental health advocacy : the right to be heard : context, values and good practice
• Author Karen Newbigging
• Contributors Julie Ridley, Mick McKeown, June Sadd, Karen Machin, Kaaren Cruse, Stephanie De La Haye, Laura Able, Konstantina Poursanidou, Toby Brandon
• Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date 2015
• Publication location London
• Language English

Contents

Introduction. From powerlessness to power
Understanding the territory / Laura Able and Konstantina Poursanidou
"An intelligent and active sympathy"
a brief historical overview / Karen Machin
Mental health advocacy, rights and the law / Stephanie De La Haye
"My rights to my voice" : service user experiences of compulsion / Laura Able and Karen Machen
Research and reviews of mental health advocacy Stephanie De La Haye
IMHA role and services
Making a difference : outcomes from independent mental health advocacy / Kaaren Cruse
Doing advocacy well : values, knowledge and skills / Karen Cruse and June Sadd
One size fits all? Meeting diverse needs / June Sadd
Relationships with service providers
Commissioning effective IMHA services
Conclusions
the future for advocacy : a glass half full?

Topics

• Mental health services :: Great Britain
• Patient advocacy :: Great Britain
• Psychiatric hospital patients :: Civil rights :: Great Britain
• Mentally ill :: Commitment and detention :: Great Britain
• 017367422

Independent mental health advocacy : the right to be heard : context, values and good practice by Karen Newbigging. ISBN 9781849055154. Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.